Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:42 27/12/1996 -0500, you wrote: >Here's a thought. What if Leica were to issue new and updated lenses for >their old screw mount cameras? In fact, if they were to sell a new version >of the IIIf or IIIg (at a good price), I bet that it might actually sell >very well (I would consider buying one). > >Dan C. Why should they make a new version of the old IIIf or IIIg? Why not make a *new* camera with *new* facilities? I'm dreaming of a new Leica C V-E (Compact Vario-Elmar) with a Vario-Elmar 28~56mm zoom lens, opening at about f/3.5-4.5, light metering from -0.4 EV up to EV 17, with +/- 5 EV exposure compensation available. Something intelligent like the Contax TVS, with *manual* and *automatic* modes (aperture priority), passive/active AF and manual scale focusing possibilities, with DOF indicator around the small "command wheel", with the lens going permanently into position in manual (scale focusing) mode, to reduce the lens delay and inertia, with extended customizing possibilities. Discrete black, magnesium finish (no luxury here!). Not too expensive of course, around $1000. *That* would be a camera! Unfortunately I think that the engineers in Solms instead are preparing a G-2 killer, a new AF RF system with some of the features mentioned above. For those who like systems, it's fair enough, they can soon choose between the *new* system or the *old* models of Leica M... I don't care too much about systems, neither in politics, nor in photography. I should like one single camera with one single lens covering 35-50 mm, a classic and contemporary Leica camera. Oddmund - ------------- Paris, France garvik@i-t.fr